''Backwater'' is the first studio album by Australian music duo
Kllo
Kllo (pronounced "Kl-oh"), formerly known as Klo, is an Australian music duo from Melbourne. It consists of vocalist Chloe Kaul and producer Simon Lam.
History
As a child, Chloe Kaul began writing songs with an acoustic guitar. At the age of about ...
. It was released on 20 October 2017.
Critical reception
At
Metacritic
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, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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Ashley Hampson of '' Exclaim'' described the album as "a mature, thoughtful project that explores and attempts to reconcile the ideas of isolation and vulnerability with comfort and familiarity."][ William Sutton of '']PopMatters
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'' wrote, "There is a strong stylistic motif that carries through, but within this, there is a subtle exploration of sounds and styles, which only an album format would allow, with touches of '90s R&B, UK garage, electronica, and sultry pop all evident."[ James Kilpin of '' Clash'' stated that "Tracks like 'Last Yearn' and 'Too Fast' see them reach new levels of delicacy, with club influences more prominent elsewhere, but the pervasive dreaminess and charm ultimately results in an absorbing debut album."][
Jack Tregoning of '']Junkee
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'' placed the album at number 9 on the "10 Best Albums of 2017" list.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
* Kllo
Kllo (pronounced "Kl-oh"), formerly known as Klo, is an Australian music duo from Melbourne. It consists of vocalist Chloe Kaul and producer Simon Lam.
History
As a child, Chloe Kaul began writing songs with an acoustic guitar. At the age of about ...
– production
* Simon Lam – mixing
* Andrei Eremin
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*Andrei of Polotsk (–1399), Lithuanian nobleman
*And ...
– mixing (on "Virtue"), mastering
* 12:01 (Office of Hassan Rahim) – art direction
* Hayley Louisa Brown – photography
References
External links
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Kllo albums
2017 debut albums
Ghostly International albums
UK bass albums